Improved bed-plate for rag or paper-engines



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ANTHONY HANKEY, OF LEIOESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGN OR TO HIM- v SELFlAND GEORGE A. OORSER, OE SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 101,008, dated Marc7t22, 1870.

IMPROVED BED-PLATE FOR RAG OR PAPER-ENGINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part o! theEame- To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY HANKnY, of Leicester, vcounty oi' Worcesterand Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usef'nlIlnproven'ients in Bed-Plates for Rag-Engines for Working Paper Stock;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andl exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accon'ipanyingdrznving'ibrming part of this` specification, which represents a top orplan view of my improved bed-plate. To enable those skilled in the artVto which my invention belongs to make and use the same, I will proceedto describe it more in detail.

The nature of my inventioneonsists* First, in the combination of twoseries of cuttingplates ot' elbow form, one-halt` of which are arrangedin a reverse position to the other half, as will be hereafter explained.

Second, a bed-plate for rag or paper-mill engines, made in the peculiarmanner hereafter explained.

In the drawinga a represent a series of steel cutting-plates, bent inelbow-form, and arranged between the out-er holding-plate A and thecentral plate B, with/ pieces of fibrous material 1 1 between them, asfully indicated in the drawing. y

Upon the opposite side of the central plate B, and

. between that and the back holding-plate C, is arranged another seriesof cutting-plates, b, bent in clbowform, land having pieces of fibrousmaterial 2 2 inserted between the plates, as indicated in the drawing,the whole being held securely together by means By making the front,central, and back plates in curved form the stock is worked toward thecenter of the plate, thus insuring the complete cutting and separationoi' the fibers ofthe stock.

Having described my improvements in bed-plates for rag-engines forworking paper stock,-

What I claim therein as new, and of my invention,

1. lhe combination of the series of bent plates a with the series ofbent plates b, arranged in relation to each other, as shownl anddescribed, and for' the purposes stated.

2. The combination, with the series of' plates v(t and b, of the centralplate B, substantall y as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A bed-platefor rag or paper-engines, constructed substantially asshown and described.

ANTHONY HANKEY.

Witnesses:

Gao. H. MILLER, ALBERT E..PEInoE.

